Tehri (India)

Type: City

Name: Tehri (India)

Country: India

Latitude: 30.379999

Longitude: 78.480003

population: 27,614

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Alstom SA

GE to work on Indian pumped storage project

GE's Power Conversion business has been selected to provide its variable-speed drive technology for use on Tehri Hydro Development Corporation's (THDC) 1000MW pumped storage hydro power plant on the Bhagirathi River in the Indian state of Uttarakhand ... [Published International Water Power & Dam Construction - May 03 2013]

Entities: Alstom SA, Tehri (India), India, GE Power & Water

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

New Delhi (India)

Judge Appointed to the High Court of Delhi

Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the 45th Convocation of Utkal University in OdishaUniversities and academic institutions must take a lead in imparting education which will help us meet the moral challenge of our times, says ... [Published Press Information Bureau - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: New Delhi (India), Air-India Express, Appointed

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Funds under CSR spent outside project area

New Tehri, Apr 22 (PTI) The company, which built the Tehri dam in Uttarakhand spent funds allocated to it under its corporate social responsibility outside the project area, an RTI query has revealed.The matter came to light when Tehri District Magistrate ... [Published Press Trust of India - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Corporate Social Responsibility, Tehri (India), Rehabilitation, Allotment

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

MNREGA funds: Rights activist alleges misappropriation

DEHRADUN: Noted rights activist Avadhash Kaushal today threatened to complain to the against bureaucrats in Uttarakhand who he said were misappropriating MNREGA funds in connivance with contractors and politicians."Bureaucrats in connivance with contractors ... [Published Economic Times - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Misappropriation, Allegation, Connivance

Quotes

...He and his co-author were effectively "silenced," he said, when they presented, in a Current Science paper in 2011, the possibility that "the apparent seismic quietness of Jaitapur [where the world's biggest nuclear power plant has been proposed] does not mean that a severe earthquake cannot occur there." Excerpts:

‘Scientists downplay earthquake risks’ [Published The Hindu - Apr 30 2013]

"In response to our RTI query, we received spending details of Rs 9."

Funds under CSR spent outside project area [Published Press Trust of India - Apr 22 2013]

"Bureaucrats in connivance with contractors and politicians are trying their best to sabotage the MNREGA programme in Uttarakhand. Rs 348.81 crore received by the state under the flagship scheme are being misappropriated" Kaushal said quoting from the findings of a study conducted by RLEK, the city based NGO, he chairs

MNREGA funds: Rights activist alleges misappropriation [Published Economic Times - Apr 20 2013]

The company stated, "This is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract wherein HCC's share is Rs 701 crore. The project is to be completed in 54 months" . The main work to be done is the construction of underground powerhouse, bus bar gallery, head race tunnel, surge shaft, tail race tunnel and pensto...

HCC and Alstom Sign a Contract Worth Rs 1,843 crore [Published Topnews.in - Jun 27 2011]